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Congress at the Grassroots
Representational Change in the South, 1970-1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
However much politicians are demeaned and denounced in modern American society, our democracy could not work without them. For this reason, says Richard Fenno, their activities warrant our attention. In his pioneering book, Home Style, Fenno demonstrated that a close look at politicians at work in...
Grass of the Earth
The Story of A Norwegian Immigrant Family in Dakota
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
This is an engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in eastern North Dakota in the late 1800s. Educator and world traveler Aagot Raaen wrote this reminiscence late in her life. Like Giants in the Earth and Old Jules, Grass of the Earth deals frankly with a darker side of pioneer life on the prairie.
The Cross and the Mask
How the Spanish 'Discovered' Florida - and a Proud Native Nation
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
When Spanish settlers first arrived on the shores of ''La Florida' in 1565, they would soon be immersed in one of the most dramatic struggles in human history. At first Florida seemed so inviting. A virgin tropical wilderness would be settled and cultivated to yield riches rivaling the bounty of gold...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
This anthology explores the political nature of making order through policing activities in densely populated spaces across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Based on ethnographic research, the chapters analyze this complex with respect to marginalized young men in Haiti, community policing members...
by Daniel P. Dalton
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, Second Edition is a thorough, detailed treatise that explains how to manage complex religious land use cases book in a manner that is easily understood. Although the subject-matter is complex, the author, Daniel P. Dalton, the authority on land use issues, took...
Governing the Climate Change Regime
Institutional Integrity and Integrity Systems
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This volume, the second in a series of three, examines the institutional architecture underpinning the global climate integrity system. This system comprises an inter-related set of institutions, governance arrangements, regulations, norms and practices that aim to implement the United Nations Framework...
by Tilman Becker
Language: German
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen der Verfügbarkeit von Glücksspielen und dem Ausmaß pathologischen Glücksspiels in der Bevölkerung. Die Thematik wird kontrovers diskutiert und betrifft insbesondere das Automatenspiel. Die Gesetzgebung sieht Maßnahmen vor, die auf eine...
From Quarry to Cornfield
The Political Economy of Mississippian Hoe Production
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
From Quarry to Cornfield provides an innovative model for examining the technology of hoe production and its contribution to the agriculture of Mississippian communities.
Lithic specialist Charles Cobb examines the political economy in Mississippian communities through a case study of raw material...
by N. Douglas Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
This book describes the nature of these changes and identifies the accountability gaps which have inevitably opened up in the absence of a written constitution or a considered Administrative Procedure Act.
by John Murray
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
THE compiler of this little compendium of Telegraph History places it in the hands of the public in the hope that it may be received with favor.
The historical data is taken from leading standard authorities.
John D. MacArthur
A View from the Bar
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
One of the Richest Men on Earth in His Later Years
Many of us have seen some of the blessings provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, mostly at the close of programs on PBS-TV. But few of us are aware of how wide-ranging The Foundation is; neither are we aware of this...
Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa
Measurement and Operational Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Renewing the social contract, one of the pillars of the new World Bank Group strategy for the Middle East and North Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, inclusive and accountable service delivery; and a stronger private sector that can create jobs...
by Linda Goodspeed
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Third edition of this popular, engaging history of one of America’s oldest ski resorts. Told within the broader context of the development of alpine skiing in the U.S.
Government Contract Law
The Deskbook for Procurement Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
This fourth edition of the ABA's revisions to the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School's Contract Law Deskbook, includes updates to references, new chapters (which do not appear in the JAG School's version) as well as chapter revisions that include material that is useful to contractor...